to college kids

Cole is a great rapper and a good producer. He doesn’t get enough credit for the latter.

That being said his discography is kinda weak for someone of his talent level.

The off-season was nuts though

Yes. The Warm Up, Friday Night Lights and Sideline Story were the Soundtracks to a lot of high school and college kids lives, I was in middle school lol

I mean nobody is denying mixtape-era Cole

Talking studio albums though

And FHD is a classic

Off-season love, we’re good over here I disagree but we can agree on that

Sideline Story was okay but when you gotta make an apology song to Nas because of that album, it's not a classic lmao

Side line story
Born sinner
2014 FHD
4YEO
KOD
The Off-Season

Vs

Live Love
Long Live
ALLA
Testing

Personally I’m taking Rocky but he’s not clearing Cole by that much

Has nothing to do with the album, just Work Out. Which Cole also hates cause he hates New Workout Plan it’s just the only way Jay would finally push a single

I wouldn't put him leagues above Cole

But he is solidly ahead of Cole

Lmk when Rocky does this

Let me know when Cole does this

he kinda does…

this was true in the early to mid 2010s, not true anymore

his projects are literally painfully average half the time with a standout cut here and there every single time lol

i ran through the dudes entire discog on streaming and i was shocked at how pedestrian most of his stuff is

it’s a wonder to me how he was getting compared to Kendrick at all back then

Rocky hasn't been that dude since 2016

Warning!
What you're about to see is a A$ap x VLone art video that features real live rioting
That spread to all 5 boroughs throughout the city
S*** got real. Hundreds of people showed up for the cause
The cause being acceptance, liberty, and a way to blow off steam for all the youth
Outsiders, outcasts, rejects, underdogs, and just straight up weirdo motherfuckers
The youth rules tomorrow!
Beauty and the beast, slow down sessions, chapter one, f*** it
Riot rave

All for some diet SGP ass beat

Cole is a very traditional rapper that probably only up until recently has started to deviate from that. I get it can be not as exciting as some other contemporaries but something to be said about someone who can be consistently talented at rapping in a way that is relatable to a lot of people is evident based on how many fans he has. Of course not everything is for everyone so I respect your opinion bro

9 years ago wow almost to the point that dude hasn’t been relevant in years lmao

This is what riot rave tried to be

Rocky assembling a hypebeast militia to overthrow Ian Connor

5 year anniversary next year

maybe 10 years ago

Presently Rocky is cooked but in the 2010s y'all can't deny dude was running things for a bit

Rocky definitely had an era

Cole coming out on top overall when the dust settles because he's a way better rapper and he's still relevant in 2023 but Rocky being a better artist than Cole, at least at his best, is definitely not a controversial take lol